Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB563: Ballot Title Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 25, 2026
This bill modifies provisions governing the process for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the voters.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Ballot Title Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Mike Schultz Senate Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies provisions governing the process for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the voters. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - changes the person responsible for preparing the ballot title and analysis for any proposed constitutional amendment submitted to the voters. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 20A-7-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 465 20A-7-702 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 465 20A-7-703.1 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 465 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 20A-7-103 is amended to read: 20A-7-103. Constitutional amendments and other questions submitted by the Legislature -- Publication -- Ballot title -- Procedures for submission to popular vote. (1) The procedures contained in this section govern when the Legislature submits a proposed constitutional amendment or other question to the voters. (2) The lieutenant governor shall, not more than 60 days or less than 14 days before the date of the election, publish the full text of the amendment, question, or statute for the state, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102 , through the …
Sponsors
- Schultz, Mike (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Adams, J. Stuart (R, 7)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 3, 2025): 68 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), Utah Constitutional Amendments, Resolutions, Voting and Voter Registration, Legislative Operations, Election Law
Common questions
- What is HB563?
- HB563 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Ballot Title Amendments.
- What does HB563 do?
- This bill modifies provisions governing the process for submitting proposed constitutional amendments to the voters.
- What is the status of HB563?
- Chaptered as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB563?
- Schultz, Mike (R, 12), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB563?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0563.html
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